Horizontal

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or near the horizon.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon.
  • adjective. At right angles to a vertical line.
  • adjective. Occupying or restricted to the same level in a hierarchy.
  • adjective. Of or relating to transmission of infection by contact with or physical proximity to an infected individual or fomite.
  • noun. Something, such as a line, plane, or object, that is horizontal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Anodopetalum biglandulosum, a Tasmanian plant of the family Cunoniaceæ, which sometimes forms a tree 60–70 feet high, with a trunk 4 feet in circumference.
  • Of or pertaining to the horizon.
  • Parallel to the horizon; at right angles to the direction of gravity at any station; being on a level; not vertical nor inclined: as, a horizontal line or surface; a horizontal position.
  • Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon: as, horizontal distance.
  • In figured bass, a dash under a note indicating that the tones of the last figured chord are to be continued without regard to the tone of the bass.
  • noun. In craniometry, the line drawn from the lower edge of the orbital cavity to the middle of the ear-cavity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.
  • adjective. Parallel to the horizon; on a level.
  • adjective. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon.
  • adjective. a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle.
  • adjective. one the piston of which works horizontally.
  • adjective. the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation.
  • adjective. the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force.
  • adjective. a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found.
  • adjective. See under Parallax.
  • adjective. a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn.
  • adjective. a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon.
  • adjective. the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile.
  • adjective. a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the horizon.
  • noun. A horizontal component of a structure.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line
  • noun. something that is oriented horizontally
  • Word Usage
    "The machine had no vertical rudder, but they fitted it, in front, with what they called a horizontal rudder, that is, an elevator."
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    vertical  
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    crosswise  flat  level  naiant  swimming  
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